3 Commando Brigade - Helmand Assault By Ewan Southby- Tailyour
(Paperback)

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When 3 Commando Brigade returned to a chaotic Helmand in the winter of 2008, they realised they would need to pursue an increasingly determined Taliban harder than ever before. With the use of air support, the Commandos became a deadly mobile unit, able to swoop at a moment's notice into the most hostile territory. From huge operations like the gruelling Red Dagger, fought in Somme-like mud to clear the area around the capital of encroaching enemy forces, to the daily acts of unsupported close quarter 360-degree combat & the breathtaking, rapid helicopter night assaults behind enemy lines
- these were the battles brought Commando qualities to the fore. Ex-Royal Marine Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour brings unparalleled access to the troops, a soldier's understanding of the conflict & visceral daily drama of Helmand combat.